Revision as of 17:09, 8 February 2012

Description

1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (ACC Catalog Number: F418-3) is a 154-card set released in two series of 88 and 66 cards -- the second series being noticeably tougher than the first. Shut out by Topps monopoly on player contracts and desperate to find some toe-hold in the baseball card business, Fleer issued this set consisting of "Baseball Greats." Needless to say, the youth of 1961 were not interested in baseball cards of former (and in many cases, dead) players and the product did not sell well.

The product remains a way for collectors to acquire affordable, colorful, vintage cards of Hall of Fame players.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards plus one sticker and one pennant per pack (MSRP: $0.05).

Reviews

Checklist

Series One

2 Grover C. Alexander
3 Nick Altrock
4 Cap Anson
5 Earl Averill
6 Frank Baker
7 Dave Bancroft
8 Chief Bender
9 Jim Bottomley
10 Roger Bresnahan
11 Mordecai Brown
12 Max Carey
13 Jack Chesbro
14 Ty Cobb
15 Mickey Cochrane
16 Eddie Collins
17 Earle Combs
18 Charles Comiskey
19 Kiki Cuyler
20 Paul Derringer
21 Howard Ehmke
22 Billy Evans UMP
23 Johnny Evers
25 Bob Feller
26 Wes Ferrell
27 Lew Fonseca
28 Jimmy Foxx
29 Ford Frick
30 Frankie Frisch
31 Lou Gehrig
32 Charlie Gehringer
33 Warren Giles
34 Lefty Gomez
35 Goose Goslin
36 Clark Griffith
37 Burleigh Grimes
38 Lefty Grove
39 Chick Hafey
40 Jesse Haines
41 Gabby Hartnett
42 Harry Heilmann
43 Roger Hornsby
44 Waite Hoyt
45 Carl Hubbell
46 Miller Huggins
47 Hughie Jennings
48 Ban Johnson
49 Walter Johnson
50 Ralph Kiner
51 Chuck Klein
52 Johnny Kling
53 Kenesaw Mountain Landis
54 Tony Lazzeri
55 Ernie Lombardi
56 Dolf Luque
57 Heinie Manush
58 Marty Marion
59 Christy Mathewson
60 John McGraw
61 Joe Medwick
62 Bing Miller
63 Johnny Mize
65 Art Nehf
66 Hal Newhouser
67 Bobo Newsom
68 Mel Ott
69 Allie Reynolds
70 Sam Rice
71 Eppa Rixey
72 Edd Roush
73 Schoolboy Rowe
74 Red Ruffing
75 Babe Ruth
76 Joe Sewell
77 Al Simmons
78 George Sisler
79 Tris Speaker
80 Fred Toney
81 Dazzy Vance
82 Hippo Vaughn
83 Ed Walsh
84 Lloyd Waner
85 Paul Waner
86 Zach Wheat
87 Hack Wilson
88 Jimmy Wilson
1 Frank Baker / Ty Cobb / Zach Wheat CL
64 John Mostil
24 Urban Faber

Series Two

90 Babe Adams
91 Dale Alexander
92 Jim Bagby
93 Ossie Bluege
94 Lou Boudreau
95 Tommy Bridges
96 Donie Bush
97 Dolph Camilli
98 Frank Chance
99 Jimmy Collins
100 Stan Coveleskie
101 Hugh Critz
102 Alvin Crowder
103 Joe Dugan
104 Bibb Falk
105 Rick Ferrell
106 Art Fletcher
108 Chick Galloway
109 Mule Haas
110 Stan Hack
111 Bump Hadley
112 Billy Hamilton
113 Joe Hauser
114 Babe Herman
115 Travis Jackson
116 Eddie Joost
117 Addie Joss
118 Joe Judge
119 Joe Kuhel
120 Nap Lajoie
121 Dutch Leonard
122 Ted Lyons
123 Connie Mack
124 Rabbit Maranville
125 Fred Marberry
126 Joe McGinnity
127 Oscar Melillo
128 Ray Mueller
129 Kid Nichols
130 Lefty O'Doul
131 Bob O'Farrell
132 Roger Peckinpaugh
133 Herb Pennock
134 George Pipgras
135 Eddie Plank
136 Ray Schalk
137 Hal Schumacher
138 Luke Sewell
139 Bob Shawkey
140 Riggs Stephenson
141 Billy Sullivan
142 Bill Terry
143 Joe Tinker
144 Pie Traynor
145 Hal Trosky
146 George Uhle
148 Arky Vaughan
147 Johnny VanderMeer
149 Rube Waddell
150 Honus Wagner
151 Dixie Walker
152 Ted Williams
153 Cy Young
154 Ross Youngs
89 George Sisler / Pie Traynor CL
107 Dennis Galehouse